The weather was lovely this morning, not too hot but not too cold. We said farewell to Neil and Christine and set off, only to reach a huge long line of moored boats to get past at ‘tick over’. It went on far longer than we could show in a photo!
Just a few locks to do today, and they were all doubles. We reached the first just as another boat was about to go down on their own. Despite much tooting on our horn, they allegedly didn’t hear or see us and carried on. By the time we’d caught up they were nearly at the bottom, but they waited for us at the next lock and we went through the rest together.
They are part of the Lymm Cruising Club – we’d met another of their members in the locks yesterday. 16 of then set off from Lymm together on a two-week cruise. We’re not sure how many are still here in Chester, but the moorings are certainly looking pretty full. We managed to fit on the end of a line of boats with our centre and bow lines on rings, but nothing to tie the stern to.
Safely tied up, we had lunch and then walked some of the old city walls.
We then visited the cathedral, which was lovely and cool inside. Sarah lit some candles in memory of family and friends she’s lost.
The cathedral also had a Lego exhibition ‘The Deep’, with more than 80 sea creatures and over 400,000 lego bricks.
We couldn’t resist dressing up, even if it was meant for the kids!
We then walked back through town and back to Oliver. A quick trip to Waitrose (right by the side of the canal) to restock supplies and we’re all set ready for tomorrow.
